Complementary and Integrative Medicine Use: A National Survey by Christophe Raspaud, Laurence Culine, Joanne Velazquez, Gregory Ninot, Nicolas Molinari, Ingrid Portilla

“…Self-administered questionnaires specifically designed for the study were used to collect data related to subjects’ prior use of CIM (type of therapy used, reasons for use, cost, duration, who recommended the therapy) and patient demographic data. …”
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Biogenic copper and copper oxide nanoparticles to combat multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Green synthesis, mechanisms, resistance, and future perspectives by Gamal M. El-Sherbiny, M.E. Shehata, Mohamed H. Kalaba

“…Objective: This review uniquely evaluates the emerging evidence for biosynthesized copper nanoparticles as a sustainable, cost-effective, and potentially alternative to conventional antibiotics against multidrug-resistant S. aureus strains. …”
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Development and validation of the Vaccine Barriers Assessment Tool for identifying drivers of under-vaccination in children under five years in Australia by Jessica Kaufman, Jane Tuckerman, Carissa Bonner, David N. Durrheim, Daniel S. J. Costa, Lyndal Trevena, Jörg Henseler, Margie Danchin

“…Collecting data on the reasons behind under-vaccination is necessary to implement cost-effective strategies that address key barriers and target interventions appropriately. …”
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Thermodynamic Analysis of Ozone-Safe Low Boiling Working Media for Turbo-Expander Plants by A. V. Ovsyannik, V. P. Kliuchinski

“…It should be noted that each of these working media has its drawbacks: some have a high potential for global warming, others are explosive, and others have a high cost.…”
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An Automatic Registration System Based on Augmented Reality to Enhance Civil Infrastructure Inspections by Leonardo Binni, Massimo Vaccarini, Francesco Spegni, Leonardo Messi, Berardo Naticchia

“…For this purpose, a low-cost and non-invasive RTK receiver was prototyped and firmly attached to an AR device (i.e., Microsoft HoloLens 2). …”
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Climate-resilient energy systems planning via system-informed identification of stressful events by Francesco De Marco, Jacob Mannhardt, Alfredo Oneto, Giovanni Sansavini

“…Despite higher costs, trade-offs between the cost of resilience investments against energy not supplied justify pursuing the high levels of resilience. …”
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Interactive optimization scheduling method for distribution network and charging stations based on fuzzy logic and multi-strategy serial implementation mechanism by Ping Dong, Kunming Sui, Mingbo Liu, Run He, Shiqi Liu, Wu Xie, Sai Zhang

“…Next, the PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization) algorithm is used to minimize the difference between the optimized total load and peak load control targets and the aggregator’s incentive cost, resulting in the optimized charging power of each electric vehicle and the corresponding incentive price. …”
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"I would have to sell things in order to get the money": A qualitative exploration of willingness to pay for the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in the Volta region, Ghana. by Sharon Darkwa, Gilles de Wildt, Maxwell Dalaba, Edem Vidzro, Evelyn Korkor Ansah

“…Caregivers mentioned that they would work more to cover this cost because they were happy with services rendered to them during the RTS,S/AS01 pilot phase, and preferred vaccines over vector control measures. …”
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Medication adherence scales in non-communicable diseases: A scoping review of design gaps, constructs and validation processes. by Maria Jose, Priyanka Rajmohan, T S Sulfath, Ravi Prasad Varma, Manoj Mohan, Nisha K Jose, Jerin Jose Cherian, Mohan Lal Bairwa, Tulika Goswamy, Aditi Apte, Praveenlal Kuttichira, Joe Thomas

“…These scales, developed using qualitative methods (10.8%), literature review (32.4%), and mixed methods (45.9%), primarily focus on behavior, often neglecting cost-related non-adherence, self-efficacy, and systemic barriers. …”
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Detection of Adulterants in Herbal Weight Loss Supplements by Oana Ramona Cătălina Gheorghiu, Anne Marie Ciobanu, Claudia Maria Guțu, George-Mădălin Dănilă, Gabriela Viorela Nițescu, Ștefan Rohnean, Daniela Luiza Baconi

“…Furthermore, they highlighted the suitability of the HPTLC method as an effective and cost-effective screening tool for detecting adulterants in dietary supplements.…”
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Comparison of clinical and pharmacodynamic features of proton pump inhibitors efficacy in gastroesophageal reflux disease by O. A. Storonova, A. S. Trukhmanov

“…The individual approach to PPI prescription, based on the careful analysis of clinical presentation, as well as on data of esophagogastroduodenoscopy, 24-hour pH or pH plus impedance measurement is required. Reasonable cost to efficacy ratio is no less important.…”
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Understanding the Neck's Significance: Exploring Neck Circumference as a Marker for Obesity and Hypertension in Perambalur District’s 40–70 Age Group by Abinaya Ravi, Maniprabhu Selvaraju, Tamilarasan Muniyapillai, Rukumani Subbhaiyaa Muthu Raaj Kumar, Nithish Immanuel Rejee

“…Conclusion: NC emerges as a promising anthropometric marker for assessing obesity and hypertension risks, with significant gender-specific variations. This simple, cost-effective screening tool shows utility for cardiovascular and metabolic health risk assessment in adults. …”
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When math legitimizes knowledge: a step by step approach to Bayes’ rule in diagnostic reasoning by Yung Bruno de Mello Gonzaga, André Demambre Bacchi, Vitor Borin Pardo de Souza

“…This misunderstanding leads to overestimating disease probability, diagnosing diseases in healthy individuals, ordering invasive diagnostic tests, and prescribing unnecessary treatments, resulting in unjustified adverse effect, psychological stress, and increased cost. Probabilistic reasoning is an essential skill to mitigate this confusion, and Bayes theorem is an important tool to accomplish this goal. …”
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Quantifying edge relevance for epidemic spreading via the semi-metric topology of complex networks by David Soriano-Paños, Felipe Xavier Costa, Luis M Rocha

“…Sparsification aims at extracting a reduced core of associations that best preserves both the dynamics and topology of networks while reducing the computational cost of simulations. We show that the semi-metric topology of complex networks yields a natural and algebraically-principled sparsification that outperforms existing methods on those goals. …”
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Muscle activity of the lower extremities during exergames with varying movement demands in older adults (Registered Report – Stage I) by Thomas C. Kosiolek, Dirk Möller, Eleftheria Giannouli

“…Findings may improve training strategies for balance enhancement and fall prevention in older adults, with potential benefits for healthcare cost reduction and quality of life.…”
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Review of Australian seaweed aquaculture: Limitations and opportunities with a focus on two candidate species Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan (1845) and Chaetomorpha linu... by Joel Wynhorst, Benjamin Camer-Pesci, Ravi Fotedar, Janet Howieson

“…Factors such as off-shore winds, low population density, strict legal regulations regarding marine conservation, and high initial investment costs may impact proposed large-scale ocean-based farms. …”
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A Comprehensive Survey on Resource Management for IoT Applications in Edge-Fog-Cloud Environments by Nour El Houda Boubaker, Karim Zarour, Nawal Guermouche, Djamel Benmerzoug

“…Resource management in Edge-Fog-Cloud environments has emerged as a fundamental challenge in modern distributed computing systems, primarily due to the heterogeneous nature of underlying infrastructure, highly dynamic workloads, and the need to optimize multiple, often conflicting, Quality of Service (QoS) metrics such as latency, energy consumption, cost, and security. These environments are characterized by their layered architecture and real-time decision-making demands, which require efficient coordination among distributed resources to meet the expectations of both users and applications. …”
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Effect of Different Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on Spring Rice Var. (Hardinath 1) Production in Rural Gorkha, Nepal by Sandesh Adhikari, Sudip Tiwari, Binaya Baral, Sandeep Gouli, Shiva Chandra Dhakal, Manisha Shrestha

“…Total net return was found highest on T2: 287330 Nepalese Rupees(NPR) incurring the cost of fertilizer Rs NPR 18940 per hectare returning the gross return of NPR 268390 per hectare. …”
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Photocatalytic removal of eosin yellow dye in wastewater using silver-nickel oxide modified zinc oxide (Ag-NiO/ZnO) nanocomposite by Eseoghene H. Umukoro, Temiloluwa A. Akintunde, Samson O. Jeje, Mxolisi B. Shongwe, Oluwadamilola R. Afolabi, Abolanle S. Adekunle, Oluwatobi S. Oluwafemi

“…These findings position Ag–NiO/ZnO as a cost-effective and scalable material for visible-light-assisted photocatalytic wastewater treatment.…”
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A Fast Convergence Scheme Using Chebyshev Iteration Based on SOR and Applied to Uplink M-MIMO B5G Systems for Multi-User Detection by Yung-Ping Tu, Guan-Hong Liu

“…The proposed CHSOR scheme includes two stages: the first consists of successive over-relaxation (SOR) and modified successive over-relaxation (MSOR), combining the advantages of low complexity of both and generating a better initial transmission symbol, iteration matrix, and parameters for the next stage; sequentially, the second stage adopts the low-cost iterative Chebyshev acceleration method for performance refinement to obtain a lower bit error rate (BER). …”
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